Tag.



W. W. WOODRUFF.

TAG.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I8. Iglh.

Patented Fel. 6,1917.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented lFeli. (i, llldilt?.

n envelop, adapted to be readily attached to or cord of and detached from the string tied parcel, and particularly to a tag-enn velop suitable for holding sales slips, or

other slips or tickets, Which are required to be temporarily applied to parcels in stores in connection With the routine oil shipment or accounting. lt is a common practice, 'for example, especially in large stores having an extensive delivery system, to attach one ot the sales slips made out at the time oil the sale and'containing among other things the name and address of the purchaser, to4

the parcel When the goods are Wrapped up for shipment. This is sometimes done by pinning the slip to the parcel and sometimes hy merely tucking the slip underneath the string. rlhe parcel then goes to the shipping room and is there more perm@ nently marked or labeled for dehvery-- Owing to the insecure mode of attaching the slip or ticket to the parcel, it is not infrequently lost, and much confusion and manymistakes result not only in the delivery or' goods but in the accounting and other recording of the transaction.

It is important that the memorandum should be quickly and easily attachalole and as quickly detachable, since time is of the essence in handling a great volume of lousiness; and for this reason it is not practi` cable to use tags or tickets which have to loe secured to a bundle by tying and untying a string.

The principal purpose oiv the present invention is to provide a tag or tag-envelop for carryingthe desired data, which may be leasily and quickly attached to and detached from the string of a package, Without any tying or other time-consuming manipulation, and which Will be secure against accidental detachment during its temporary use. My tag is preferably in the form of envelop suitable for receiving and holding slips or tickets of the kind in common use.

l but the invention contemplates also atag of other forms than a tag-envelop, in which case the entries could he made directly on the tagl itself instead of on a separate slip to be inserted in the envelop.

in the accompanying drawings which illustrate certain preferred forms of the invention embodied in a tag-envelop,-

Figure l is a perspective vierT of a parcel with one of my tag-envelops slipped under and attached to the string; is an enlarged face vieiv of said tag-envelop; Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 oi' Fig. E2; and 4f is a face-vienfofl part of a tag-envelop embodying the invention in a slightly modified form.

The tag shovin in the drawings comprises an envelop a., which is' preierably made ot' Manila paper, or other comparatively stili?, resilient and durable material, open at one end as shown at e.

Near one edge olf the tag-envelop, pret-- erably in the margin opposite the open end. is an aperture 7), cut out from the body oitl the tag-envelop, of such coniiguration as to form a pointed projection c. fl, slit (Z is also cut through the margin, extending trom the edge of the tag through the apen of the pointed projection c into the aperture 7. rlhe slit CZ forms a passage to permit the string of the parcel to pass into and out ot the aperture b. The sides of the slit Z are preferably normally closed together, or substantially closed, so that when the tag is in use the string will not accidentally slip through.

To apply the tag or tag-envelop to the parcelit is slipped under the string, preferably at the place Where the string crosses itself, and then snapped over the string into the position shown in Fig. l, the string passing through the slit d into the aperture Zi. The materialOfWhCh the tag is made is suliiciently resilient to allow the slit to open tor the passage of the string, and then to spring together again after the string has passed into the aperture 7). When thus attached the tag Will not accidentally slip otl1 the string again for the reason that the string passage or slit (Z opens into the aperture through the apex of the pointed projection c. lf the string comes in contact with the end of the pointed projection c, during the handling of the parcel, it has no tendency to enter or force its Way into the slit,

but slips to one side or the other of the pointed projection, away from the slit. I/Vhen the tag is to be removed from the parcel it is snapped olf by placing the finger under the string and pressing the envelop down, thus forcing the string broadside through the slit, springing the twosides lof the slit apart.

'As these tag-envelops are destined to be' used over and over again, I prefer to reinforce the parts contiguous to the aperture and slit d, where they receive the greatest wear and strains. 'Io this end a strip of resilient sheet material e such as fiber cardboard, celluloid, or the like, is secured between the plies of theenvelop along the margin in which the aperture Z) and slit CZ are cut. This reinforcement may be pasted or cemented in place; it is concealed from view, and materially increases the durability of the pointed projection 0 and the borders of the aperture and entrance slit.

It will be understood that the shape of the aperture may vary greatly, so long` as it is adapted to receive the string or cord of the package, and so long as its configura tion forms a pointed, tongue-like projection, which tends to guide the string to one side or the other away from the entrance slit opening through the apex of the projection. It will also be understood that while the preferred embodiment of the invention is in a tag-envelop. the invention in its broader aspects includes other forms of tags, and the word tag is herein used in its generic sense to denote a tag of any form, whether it be also an envelop or not.

uration as to form a pointed projection, and

a slit, the sides of which are normally closed together, extending from the edge of the tag into said aperture through the apex of the pointed projection.

3. A tag of the character described, having a reinforcement of resilient sheet material secured thereto, the reinforced part of said tag having an aperture cut therein of such configuration as to form a pointed, reinforced projection, and a slit extending from the edge of the tag into said aperture through the apex of the pointed reinforced projection.

4. A tag-envelop, one margin of which is reinforced with resilient sheet material secured between the plies of the envelop, said reinforced part of the tag-envelop having an aperture cut therein of such configuration as to form a pointed reinforced projection, and a slit extending from the edge of the tag-envelop through the reinforced margin and the apex of the pointed reinforced projection into said aperture.

Signed by me at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this fifteenth day of December, 1915.

WILLIAM W. WOODRUFF.

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